Objectives
This assignment is intended to show evidence that you have achieved or are working towards the following learning objectives:
Investigate patient safety events.
Utilize quality improvement tools to enhance practice.
Apply the cause-and-effect diagram to practice.
Instructions
For this assignment, you will:
Step 1: Download and review the case study.
Step 2: Identify what information is missing that you still need to help get to the cause and contributing factors.
Step 3: Create a list of the questions you would ask the parties involved in the incident in order to get the information needed.
Step 4: Collaborate with your group to review a cause-and-effect diagram/fishbone to get ideas about the process and identify a list of at least 5 questions you would ask as part of the investigation.
Step 5: As a group write and submit a 2-to-3-page paper identifying which questions are essential to the investigation and explain why each is relevant. As part of the assignment, include the titles and/or departments of at least 2 people you would include as part of the investigation. Use the library to locate scholarly resources to support your ideas.
Your paper should follow APA formatting and include scholarly resources to support your writing. Use APA first level headings to help guide the reader.
